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Frontpage of Novus Atlas sinensis, by Martino Martini, Amsterdam, 1655. Martini was born in Trento, in the Bishopric of Trent, Holy Roman Empire. After finishing high school in Trento in 1631, he joined the Society of Jesus, continuing his studies of classical literature and philosophy at the Roman College in Rome (1634–1637).
Joan later published the Atlas of England (1648) with maps of John Speed, the Atlas of Scotland (1654) with maps of Timothy Pont and Robert Gordon, and Martino Martini's Novus Atlas Sinensis (Atlas of China, 1655), which were added as respectively the fourth, fifth and sixth volumes of Blaeu's Atlas Novus.
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The Academy was a review of literature and general topics published in London from 1869 to 1915, with a period from 1902 to 1905 when it was retitled The Academy and Literature. It was founded by Charles Appleton. [1] The first issue was published on 9 October 1869 under the title The Academy: A Monthly Record of Literature, Learning, Science ...
In Literature and Science, Huxley bemoans the disregard for science shown by many if not most literary contemporaries. He dismisses as "literary cowardice" [3] the artists' professed bewilderment in an era when "Science has become an affair of specialists. Incapable any longer of understanding what it is all about, the man of letters, we are ...
The Society for Literature and Science was created at the 17th International Congress of the History of Science, held in Berkeley, California, in August 1985. It was renamed the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts in the mid-2000s. [4] [5]
[2] Torres spearheaded the creation of a graphic arts program at the University of Puerto Rico School of Architecture, where he then held workshops for a number of years. [1] [2] Torres extended his reach by becoming a lifelong student and authority on Puerto Rican art. His work included publications, including Puerto Rico: Art and Identity. [2]
Emergence: A Transsexual Autobiography was published by Martino in 1977, alongside a collaborator named Harriet. [a] The book discussed his gender dysphoria, a lack of attachment to traditional feminine pursuits, his sexual attraction towards women and not men, [6] and difficulty coming to terms with his gender identity as a child, and how these contradicted with his Italian-Catholic upbringing.